The Hobbit

[xSilverPhinx]

Is anyone else psyched for this movie when it comes out in December? 

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI3f4b-b8ig




Glad Peter Jackson will be directing this one too. I loved their adaptation of the LotR series.

[Velma]

My husband certainly is.  I'm looking forward to it, but he's counting down the days.  He's got The Hobbit wallpaper and screen savers on his computer.  If he could get away with it, they'd be on mine too.   

[DeterminedJuliet]

I am also very excited! I always liked the Hobbit book better than the Lord of the Rings books.

[xSilverPhinx]

My husband certainly is.  I'm looking forward to it, but he's counting down the days.  He's got The Hobbit wallpaper and screen savers on his computer.  If he could get away with it, they'd be on mine too.  

LOL

They used to have downloadable countdown clocks that you would place on your desktop for certain movies. They would count down the minutes too.

[xSilverPhinx]

I am also very excited! I always liked the Hobbit book better than the Lord of the Rings books.

I read the Hobbit when I was around 7 or 8 (can't remember exactly) and thought they were quite fascinating.

The movie is going to be in two parts, which means that they will be better able to develop the story but on the downside we'll have to wait a year till the conclusion comes out.

An Unexpected Journey (dec 2012) and There and Back Again (dec 2013)

[Crow]

Sadly no. I loved the book as a kid but its something about the film adaptation of Lord of the Rings that I could not stand, they are just too twee for me and if the trailer is anything to go by then it looks like more of the same. I was excited when Guillermo del Toro was involved with the project as he wanted to take the first film in a different direction from the Lord of the Rings, but when he left I lost interest.

[Stevil]

Glad Peter Jackson will be directing this one too. I loved their adaptation of the LotR series.

I actually love Peter Jackson as a director. Bad Taste is my favourite of all his movies.
However I have already seen countless hours of Peter's adaptation of middle earth, I would have prefered to see a different style in the Hobbit.

I would also prefer to see Peter doing something different.

[The Magic Pudding]

Yay Hobbit, when do they start on the Silmarillion?

[Guardian85]

I will be there on day one!

[Sandra Craft]

I'm looking forward to it, and I'll admit I searched that clip for a glimpse of Aidan Turner, who left Being Human in order to do the next batch of LotR movies, but I realized I probably wouldn't recognize him thru the make-up.

[xSilverPhinx]

Yay Hobbit, when do they start on the Silmarillion?

In ten years, perhaps?

Sadly no. I loved the book as a kid but its something about the film adaptation of Lord of the Rings that I could not stand, they are just too twee for me and if the trailer is anything to go by then it looks like more of the same. I was excited when Guillermo del Toro was involved with the project as he wanted to take the first film in a different direction from the Lord of the Rings, but when he left I lost interest.

Impossible...someone who isn't a fan of PJ's adaptation, you cannot exist!

I actually love Peter Jackson as a director. Bad Taste is my favourite of all his movies.
However I have already seen countless hours of Peter's adaptation of middle earth, I would have prefered to see a different style in the Hobbit.

I would also prefer to see Peter doing something different.

I find it odd that he stayed relatively quiet after completing the LotR movies. I had expected him to go on to be a world-class director. ??? Would've been interesting to see how he did in a very different genre, such as sci-fi or something.

I will be there on day one!

I hope I'll be able to watch it on day one too, hopefully it'll have a worldwide release date, but with the necessary subtitling, that's rarely the case

I'm looking forward to it, and I'll admit I searched that clip for a glimpse of Aidan Turner, who left Being Human in order to do the next batch of LotR movies, but I realized I probably wouldn't recognize him thru the make-up.

I had to look him up (I've been a bit isolated from movie culture for a while now...)

He's Kili, or the second dwarf firing a bow that Gandalf introduces.

[Stevil]

I find it odd that he stayed relatively quiet after completing the LotR movies. I had expected him to go on to be a world-class director. ??? Would've been interesting to see how he did in a very different genre, such as sci-fi or something.

He did King Kong, which was pretty spectacular.
I thought The Lovely Bones was terrific.
He is also going to do Tin Tin and Spielberg will be a hard act to follow.

[Crow]

Sadly no. I loved the book as a kid but its something about the film adaptation of Lord of the Rings that I could not stand, they are just too twee for me and if the trailer is anything to go by then it looks like more of the same. I was excited when Guillermo del Toro was involved with the project as he wanted to take the first film in a different direction from the Lord of the Rings, but when he left I lost interest.

Impossible...someone who isn't a fan of PJ's adaptation, you cannot exist!

Most people look at me like I just shat an their mother when I tell them that, but I also don't like Star Wars, Star Trek (except the latest movie that was great), or Doctor Who and I would say they all have a similar sort of cliquey style about them that I don't find appealing.

[Sandra Craft]

I'm looking forward to it, and I'll admit I searched that clip for a glimpse of Aidan Turner, who left Being Human in order to do the next batch of LotR movies, but I realized I probably wouldn't recognize him thru the make-up.

I had to look him up (I've been a bit isolated from movie culture for a while now...)

He's Kili, or the second dwarf firing a bow that Gandalf introduces.

OK, got him on a second look.  Also noticed that the Oakenshield person is being played by Richard Armitage.  This should be interesting.

[xSilverPhinx]

He did King Kong, which was pretty spectacular.
I thought The Lovely Bones was terrific.
He is also going to do Tin Tin and Spielberg will be a hard act to follow.

I did watch King Kong with anticipation and I didn't feel let down, even though I don't particularly like the story. As for Lovely Bones, I'll have to rent it or something sometime, in all honesty it's film that I had never heard of before (damn, I feel like such an island).

Did you, being a New Zelander, recognise any of the outdoor scenarios he filmed in? What a stunning country you live in.

Most people look at me like I just shat an their mother when I tell them that, but I also don't like Star Wars, Star Trek (except the latest movie that was great), or Doctor Who and I would say they all have a similar sort of cliquey style about them that I don't find appealing.

I also don't like Doctor Who (watched just one episode and thought...nah). As for Star Trek, I actually like it as a whole better than Star Wars, but never really got into it. I like some philosophical elements of Star Wars, but as scientific reality, it keeps me biting my lip quite a bit (I just can't get over those things ). 

What sort of movies do you find more appealing?

OK, got him on a second look.  Also noticed that the Oakenshield person is being played by Richard Armitage.  This should be interesting.

I think that it's kind of cool that the producers cast some actors that aren't as well known in the Americas for prominent roles (unless I'm totally mistaken...I'm actually one of the least qualified people to ask about which actors are famous in which parts of the world ). It's what PJ did when he directed LotR though.

Clip to a press conference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=338IwBMpwxs&feature=related